Ellatrivia merces
Ellatrivia merces is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triviidae, the trivias.[1]
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| Beachworn shells of Ellatrivia merces, with sand grains trapped in the aperture | |
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| Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924) | |
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Tasman Sea.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2010). Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527011 on 2012-07-03
- Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17: 185–190.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- Fehse D. (2002) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903. Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3-48. page(s): 25
- Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61
External links
- Lamarck, [J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.]
- Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
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